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Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 1 - 空

Kanji character Grade 1 空. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 1 - 空
 
About
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Kun: そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
On: クウ
8 strokes
Radical: cave 穴
Parts: 儿 宀 工 穴
 
Onyomi
空 【クウ】 empty air, sky, shunyata, emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon, air force, fruitlessness, meaninglessness, void (one of the five elements), empty (e.g. set)
空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
領空 【リョウクウ】 territorial airspace
防空 【ボウクウ】 air defense, air defense
 
Kunyomi
空 【そら】 sky, the air, the heavens, weather, far-off place, distant place, state of mind, feeling, (from) memory, (by) heart, falsehood, lie, somehow, vaguely, fake
空模様 【そらもよう】 look of the sky, weather
定めなき空 【さだめなきそら】 changeable weather
晴れた空 【はれたそら】 clear sky, cloudless sky
空き 【あき】 space, room, gap, emptiness, vacancy, opening, empty seat, free time, time to spare, disuse, unused thing
空き缶 【あきかん】 empty can
空 【から】 emptiness, vacuum, blank
空手 【からて】 karate, empty handed
空く 【すく】 to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry
空かす 【すかす】 to feel hungry, to get hungry